- ICC Men’s World Cup Qualifier Playoff will be held in Namibia.
- From March 26 to April 5, with six teams competing.
- UAE and PNG will play their first matches on March 27.
From March 26 to April 5, six teams will compete in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff, which is two steps away from the mega event, which will be held in October-November 2023. Namibia will face the United States.
The Playoff stage will be round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier in June and July. The schedule for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff has been released, following the confirmation of all six teams that will compete in Namibia from March 26 to April 5.
The road to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup is heating up, as hosts Namibia will be joined by the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Papua New Guinea, Canada, and Jersey in a round-robin format, with the top two teams earning a place at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which will be held in Zimbabwe from June 18 to July 9.
The Playoff, which is two steps away from the World Cup, features the teams finishing in the bottom four spots of the Men’s CWC League 2 and the top spots in the CWC Challenge League A and B after four years of hard-fought competition, and it is the final chance to book a place in the Zimbabwe Qualifier.
The event will be held at two venues in Windhoek, the Wanderers Cricket Ground and the United Cricket Club Ground, with all matches beginning at 09h30 local time.
Namibia, who were pipped by Nepal for an automatic ticket to Zimbabwe in League 2, will open the tournament against the United States on Sunday (March 26) at the Wanderers Cricket Club.
The UAE and PNG will play their first match on March 27, while Canada and Jersey, both promoted from the Challenge League, will kick off their campaigns on the same day.
All matches will be live-streamed on Fancode.com in the Indian subcontinent and ICC.tv elsewhere.
THE FIXTURES:
- March 26: Namibia v USA, Wanderers Cricket Ground
- March 27: UAE v PNG, Wanderers Cricket Ground; Jersey v Canada, United Cricket Club Ground
- March 29: Canada v USA, Wanderers Cricket Ground; PNG v Namibia, United Cricket Club Ground
- March 30: Namibia v Jersey, Wanderers Cricket Ground; USA v UAE, United Cricket Club Ground
- April 1: UAE v Canada, Wanderers Cricket Ground; PNG v Jersey, United Cricket Club Ground
- April 2: PNG v USA, Wanderers Cricket Ground; Namibia v UAE, United Cricket Club Ground
- April 4: Canada v Namibia, Wanderers Cricket Ground; USA v Jersey, United Cricket Club Ground
- April 5: Jersey v UAE, Wanderers Cricket Ground; Canada v PNG, United Cricket Club Ground.
